Israel to release two detained Gaza flotilla activists

Israeli authorities will release Spanish-Palestinian activist Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian Thiago Avila on Saturday, according to their lawyer and the rights group Adalah; the pair were detained after Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters off Greece in an attempt to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. The activists will be handed to immigration authorities for deportation to their home countries, ending their detention without formal charges, though Israeli authorities accused them of affiliations with "terrorist organisations," claims their legal team dismissed as baseless.